Job offer or rather "job offer" leaving me unsettled.
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I'm a surveyor working for a contractor specialising in the provision maintenance, upgrading through capital programs and reactive repairs of social housing.
In the last couple of years I have been pretty much been assigned to work with one particular local authority client.
Last month said client has warned us that changes in procurement policy will no longer allow us exclusive access to their works. They are being force to divide all current works into smaller tender packages and shift the focus of choosing service providers from value to sheer cost.
At the same time senior managers from this client told me on the QT they would very much like me to come on board as a direct employee to co-ordinate these new contracts. There's a big but however and that is they may not receive sufficient funding create the roll and wont know till the beginning of the new financial year whether or not they will be able to do so.
Am pissed off. As a contractor in the construction industry I'm used to all this churn and a bit of a snakes and ladders career path but they way the world is, my age, where I am in life have all come together to leave me with a
a sense of uncertainty which I'm finding more stressful and unsettled than ever before.
In the last couple of years I have been pretty much been assigned to work with one particular local authority client.
Last month said client has warned us that changes in procurement policy will no longer allow us exclusive access to their works. They are being force to divide all current works into smaller tender packages and shift the focus of choosing service providers from value to sheer cost.
At the same time senior managers from this client told me on the QT they would very much like me to come on board as a direct employee to co-ordinate these new contracts. There's a big but however and that is they may not receive sufficient funding create the roll and wont know till the beginning of the new financial year whether or not they will be able to do so.
Am pissed off. As a contractor in the construction industry I'm used to all this churn and a bit of a snakes and ladders career path but they way the world is, my age, where I am in life have all come together to leave me with a
a sense of uncertainty which I'm finding more stressful and unsettled than ever before.
Works both ways though. As a current contractor, you have had notice to look elsewhere, and its in your best interests to do so. Maybe there's an ideal contract just round the corner, maybe there's a permie job with your name on it, maybe the offer will come through? But if you dont try and define your value independently, you're kind of reliant on them to value the permie role fairly, aren't you?
Tannedbaldhead said:
I'm a surveyor working for a contractor specialising in the provision maintenance, upgrading through capital programs and reactive repairs of social housing.
In the last couple of years I have been pretty much been assigned to work with one particular local authority client.
Last month said client has warned us that changes in procurement policy will no longer allow us exclusive access to their works. They are being force to divide all current works into smaller tender packages and shift the focus of choosing service providers from value to sheer cost.
At the same time senior managers from this client told me on the QT they would very much like me to come on board as a direct employee to co-ordinate these new contracts. There's a big but however and that is they may not receive sufficient funding create the roll and wont know till the beginning of the new financial year whether or not they will be able to do so.
Am pissed off. As a contractor in the construction industry I'm used to all this churn and a bit of a snakes and ladders career path but they way the world is, my age, where I am in life have all come together to leave me with a
a sense of uncertainty which I'm finding more stressful and unsettled than ever before.
Op - can I ask what you're disgruntled about?In the last couple of years I have been pretty much been assigned to work with one particular local authority client.
Last month said client has warned us that changes in procurement policy will no longer allow us exclusive access to their works. They are being force to divide all current works into smaller tender packages and shift the focus of choosing service providers from value to sheer cost.
At the same time senior managers from this client told me on the QT they would very much like me to come on board as a direct employee to co-ordinate these new contracts. There's a big but however and that is they may not receive sufficient funding create the roll and wont know till the beginning of the new financial year whether or not they will be able to do so.
Am pissed off. As a contractor in the construction industry I'm used to all this churn and a bit of a snakes and ladders career path but they way the world is, my age, where I am in life have all come together to leave me with a
a sense of uncertainty which I'm finding more stressful and unsettled than ever before.
Is it the change in procurement process? If so (speaking as a former FD of a Housing Association) I'm surprised they're not doing that already. Given how much HA work involves reactive repairs, capital programmes outsourcing the whole lot to one single provider seems a bit lazy to be honest. We had framework agreements with 5/6 contractors and we would run mini-tenders for CapEx. It will be more work for the HA but hopefully they will make savings. the fact that they want to take you on board should be taken as a compliment.
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